Now a public art piece, this curious metal feature originally advertised a tinsmith's services.

A tribute to the man who invented basketball stands in his Canadian hometown.

These tiered rice paddies were carved into the hillsides 2,000 years ago.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

A man-made island designed to look like a massive battleship.

An island in the middle of a lake, in the middle of a volcano, in the middle of a bigger lake, in the middle of a bigger island, in an archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.

This popular tourist cave was ignored for almost 200 years before being mined into an attraction.

This engineering marvel is the longest bridge in Canada and one of the longest spans in the world.

Rusty red sands line the shores of this Canadian Province.

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

These prehistoric replicas were based on actual skeletal remains.

This illuminated sign was the first of its kind in Canada and remains a vestige of the Atomic Age.

This impressive working clock made of 16,000 plants changes its flowers twice a year.

Former WWI oil tanker played a variety of roles in history, its tantalizing rum-flavored scent being the only constant.

A 400-square foot model of historic Quebec is the playing field for a state of the art light and sound show.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

The ruins on a deserted tropical island in the Philippines bear the scars of WWII.